Articles about Policy Frameworks/Theories


Assumptive Worlds

Child-centered Theory
  • Adler, L. (1994). Introduction and overview. In L. Adler & S. Gardner (Eds.), The Politics of Linking Schools and Social Services. The 1993 Yearbook of the Politics of Education Association (pp. 1-16). Washington DC: The Falmer Press.
    (I checked this book out from the library if anyone wants to look at it...)

Critical Race Theory
  • Darling‐Hammond, L. (2007). Race, inequality and educational accountability: the irony of ‘No Child Left Behind’ Race Ethnicity and Education, 10(3), 245-260. doI:/10.1080/13613320701503207
  • Lapayese, Y.V. (2007). Understanding and undermining the racio‐economic agenda of No Child Left Behind: using critical race methodology to investigate the labor of bilingual teachers. Race Ethnicity and Education, 10(3), 309-321. doi:/10.1080/13613320701503306

Ecology Framework
  • Weaver-Hightower, M. B. (2008). An ecology metaphor for Educational Policy Analysis: A call to complexity. Educational Researcher, 37(3), 153-167.

Human Capital Theory

Neoliberalism Theory
  • Apple, M. W. (2012). Knowledge, power, and education: The selected works of Michael W. Apple. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis. Retrieved from http://msvu.eblib.com/patron/FullRecord.aspx?p=1101370
  • Ball, S. J. J. (2012). Global Education Inc.: New policy networks and the neoliberal imaginary. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis. Retrieved from http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=979024
  • Di Leo, J. R., Giroux, H., McClennen, S., & Saltman, K. J. (2013). Neoliberalism, education, and terrorism: contemporary dialogues. Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers.
  • Fabricant, M., & Fine, M. (2012). Charter schools and the corporate makeover of public education: What’s at stake? New York: Teachers College Press.
  • Giroux, H. A. (2012). Education and the crisis of public values: challenging the assault on teachers, students, & public education. New York: Peter Lang.
  • McLaren, P., & Farahmandpur, R. (2006). The pedagogy of oppression: A brief look at “No Child Left Behind.” Monthly Review: An Independent Socialist Magazine, 58(3), 94–99.
  • Nxumalo, F., Pacini-Ketchabaw, V., & Rowan, M. (2011). Lunch time at the child care centre: neoliberal assemblages in early childhood education. Journal of Pedagogy / Pedagogický casopis, 2(2), 195–223. doi:10.2478/v10159-011-0010-4
  • Perez, M. S., & Cannella, G. S. (2011). Disaster capitalism as neoliberal instrument for the construction of early childhood education/care policy: charter schools in post-Katrina New Orleans. International Critical Childhood Policy Studies Journal, 4(1), 47–68.
  • Russo, L. (2012). “Standardized” play and creativity for young children? The climate of increased standardization and accountability in early childhood classrooms. In Using standards and high-stakes testing for students: Exploiting power with critical pedagogy (pp. 140–156). New York, NY: Peter Lang.
  • Tomlinson, B., & Lipsitz, G. (2013). Insubordinate spaces for intemperate times: Countering the pedagogies of neoliberalism. Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies, 35(1), 3–26. doi:10.1080/10714413.2013.753758

Social Capital Theory
  • Israel, G. (2001). "The Influence of Family and Community Social Capital on Educational Achievement.". Rural sociology (0036-0112), 66 (1), p.43.
  • Gewirtz, S., Dickson, M., Power, S., Halpin, D., & Whitty, G. (2005). The deployment of social capital theory in educational policy and provision: the case of Education Action Zones in England. British Educational Research Journal. (31)6 pp.651-673

Values-focused Theory


Which theory are you considering?

Child-centered framework: Matt, Marcus, Li, Marie
Values-focused framework: Meredith, Donna, Marie
Social capital theory: Kate, Lisa Mc., Lisa, H.
Human capital: Lisa H.
Assumptive worlds: Matt
Critical race theory: Su-Jin